Michelangelo Buonarroti

"To live fully is to constantly reinvent oneself."

"The power of love is stronger than the love of power."

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."

"Adventure awaits those brave enough to step beyond the familiar."

"Imagination is the beginning of creation."

"The greatest strength is the strength to be vulnerable."

"History is written by those with the courage to act."

"The pursuit of truth is the pursuit of God."

"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."

"Every beauty which is seen here by persons of right reason arises from God."

"The sculptor must know not only form but the spirit within the stone."

"Patience is the virtue of the noble and the strong."

"Do not create art for the few or for the proud, but for the world."

"The mind of man is like marble before the artist shapes it."

"To create beauty is to participate in the divine act."

"One paints with one's brains and not with one's hands."

"In every block of marble I see a statue as plain as though it stood before me."

"The more you know of your craft, the greater will be your joy in creating."

"Carving is easy, you just go down until you feel scared."

"A man paints with his heart and soul, not merely his hands."

"The greatest threat to freedom is a government that claims to protect you."

"Wonder is the beginning of wisdom."

"The drudgery of labor can be transformed into the glory of creation."

"Beauty is the purgation of superfluities."

"If you could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, your whole life would change."

"Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."

"The acts of life are of greater significance than the thoughts of life."

"There is no greater harm than that of time wasted."

"The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."